However, the centre-half wants to stay in the international frame for Holland, and it is understood his name has been touted around Europe over the summer.

Turkish daily newspaper Takvim now claims Cocu wants to take his fellow Dutchman on loan and that Fenerbahce have already tabled an offer for the Stoke player. They also insist Martins Indi wants to leave.

Rowett explained: “If you look at centre-back, we only have two (Ryan Shawcross and Bruno Martins Indi). Harry Souttar has done well, but to try to get promotion and expect him to be third choice could be a bit much.”

Martins Indi is under contract at Stoke until 2022 after joining the club for £7m last summer after a successful season on loan, but a series of groin problems restricted him to 14 starts.

“Last year I had quite big, long injuries. Now I’m fully fit and personally for me it’s good to train fully 100 per cent and give everything in the games as well,” he said last week during Stoke’s training camp in Germany.

“After last year emotions were so high and people wanted to leave, but after the summer break you see there is new spirit here. You can feel it as well.

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“People from the outside can see this new spirit too, and I enjoy it. It makes you feel like a footballer. We have to keep this momentum.”

Martins Indi is not the first Stoke player to be linked with Cocu and Fenerbahce this summer.

Another Turkish daily, Fanatik, claimed earlier this month that they were preparing to send a representative to England to hold talks with the Potters over a deal for Bojan. It seems he has yet to arrive.